Automobile license-card holder



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. J. M. CONNOLLY. Amon/,oa ILE LICENSE CARD HOLDER.

Fl LED' APR.

Patented Dec. 26, ll922.

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JOHN M. OONNOLLY, or-'nes MOINES', IOWA.

AUTOMOBILE License-CARD nomma,l

Application 'filed April 17,

To all whom t 'may concern.'

Be it known that l, JoHN M. CoNNbLLY, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Des Moines, in the county of Polk and State of lowa,have invented a certain new and uset'ul Automobile License-Card Holder,ot which the following is a specification. T he `object of my inventionis to provide an automobile license card holder adapted to be secured toa steering post ofan automobile or the like and to frictionally hold thelicense card in proper position, the holder being formed of a singlepiece of material and comparatively c-heap inconstruct-ioni With theseand other objects. in view, my invention consists in theconstructiomarrangement and combination of the various parts of mydevice. wherebv the objects con: templated are attained, as hereinaftermore Jfully set forth, pointed out in my claims, and illustrated in theaccompanying Vdrawings, -in which:

Figure 1 shows a perspective view ot a portion of an automobile. with myimproved license card holder shown thereon.

Figure 2 is a front elevation of the holder device with the license cardcontainer shown' therein; and

Figure 3 is a sec-tional view taken on the line 3 3 ot Figure 2.

ln the accompanying drawings. l have used the vret'erence numeral 10 toindicate generally the ordinary parts ot an automobile body, which isprovided with a steering post l1 .having a steering wheel 12 thereon.

My improved license card holder comprises a single strip ot' material Abent mid way between its ends. so as to torni qn open loop lll.Extending outwardly from the ends of the open loop 13 are the portions1l. 'The portions 14 are-provided with a pair of -registering openings(not shown) through which is extended the bolt 15.

The loop 13 is designed to receive the steering post 10 and to befrictionally held in position by tightening the bolt 15.

-llxtending laterall)Y from each of 'the tree ends ot the portions 14are the projections lo. The projections 16 extend away 'trom theportions 1l' substantially at right angles thereto. i

lt will be understood that the steering postl. is normally inclinedslightlyand in order to have the license card remain -ina substantiallyvertical position, itis neces- 1922. Serial No. 554,076.

sary to` twist the projections 16 a slight amount as at 1T. Each of theends ot' the projections 16 are provided with upwardly extended arms18.' The upwardly extending arms 18 are so as to torni the notches' 19designed to be slipped into the' notches 19 l and to be frictionallyheld therein.

The arrangement whereby the upper ends of the. arms 1S' are bentslightly together permits the container, having the license card thereinto be trictionally held in position.

In this connection. it may be mentioned that in a great many States.license cards are required to be ti'xed on the dash or steering post ot'the automobile in easy display.

The license card contains the nameof the owner ot' the car and addressand other information. so that the owner may be located. whenever 1t isnecessary.

My device 1s so arranged that the license -card may be displayed in avery convenient manner without ythe necessity ot fasteningit to somepart of the car. where it would be impossible to`see it or where nailsor screws would have to be automobile.

It will be seen that my device is .very simple and iS-made up of a.single piece of material and is so arranged that the open loop 13 may be'extended around steering posts ot various sizes and shapes. l

Some changes mayv be 'made-in the arrangement a'nd'construction of thevarious parts of my device, without departing from the essentialleatnresand purposes' of my inventionfand it is my intention to cover by myclaims, any modified vtorims of structureor use of mechanicalequivalents, which' may .be reasonably included within their scope.

'I claim as.,my.invention a. y

l. A. card holder :for automobile licenses or the like adaptedto besecured on .the

extended intol the wardly extending arms formed on the ends of saidlateral projections, said' arms being biturcated so as to provideelongated notches adapted to Yreceive a Icard Jfor maintaining it inposition, the upper ends of said bifurcated arms being bent slightlytogethen for contracting Vthe Width of the notches therein so as tofrictionally engage the card. i z

vnotches adapted to receive a 2. card holder for automobile licenses o1"the like adapted to be secured on the steering post of an automobile,including a single strip of material lbent midway between itsl ends forforming an open loop for receiving the steering post, outwardly'extending portions on the ends ot the open loop, a bolt extendedthrough registering openings formed in said last portions, said lastportions each having 'a lateral projection iormed from the strip ofmaterial, up-

wardly extending arms formed on the ends.

of said lateral projections, said arms being` bifurcated so as 'toprovide elongated card for maintaining it in position. i

Des Moines, Iowa, April 1.2, 1922.

- vJOHN M. CONNLLY.

